Mr. Speaker, this is the finance minister who has presided over the incredible shrinking surplus from $20 billion to $15 billion because of $5 billion in over budget spending. This finance minister has overspent by $15 billion in the past four years and will continue overspending if he does not take control of the demands around the cabinet table.
Will he not admit that every additional dollar in new spending is a dollar taken away from working families for tax relief and from our economic future in terms of debt repayment? Why will he not get his priorities right?